Required & Recommended Materials for “Neon Wings!”

AN Acrylic Painting Workshop with Gigi Chen

Gigi’s List:
Heavy Body Acrylic:
Golden and Utrecht Heavy Body Acrylic
Required Color: Golden Heavy Body Acrylic: Fluorescent Pink
Suggested colors: Hansa Yellow Light
Cadmium Yellow Light Chromium Oxide Green Phthalocyanine Green Cobalt Blue Ultramarine Blue Cadmium Red Light Quinacridone Red Yellow Ochre
Burnt Sienna Burnt Umber Payne's Gray Mars Black Titanium White
Note: You do not need every color on this list. I will have all these colors on hand as well as if you need a boost. But please have most of the basics like earth tones.

Suggested Paint Set:
https://www.dickblick.com/items/utrecht-acrylic-sets-portrait-set-9-colors-2-oz-tubes/

Brushes:
Use what makes you feel comfortable! I like soft synthetic brushes in a variety of sizes in flats, rounds and filberts.

My preferences: Princeton Velvet Touch Princeton Selects Princeton Lauren Silver Crystal Series

Surface:
● Suggested Dimensions : 11 x 14 inches
You can use any size you feel comfortable with. I am using 11 x 14 to fit the time allotted for the class.
● Thick Paper, Gesso board, wood panel or canvas panel
If working on a panel, make sure that it is pre-gessoed and ready to be painted on.
Other Materials:
● Golden OPEN Acrylic Medium (Matte)
https://www.dickblick.com/items/golden-open-acrylic-medium-matte-4-oz-jar/
● Wet Palette or palette paper pad for mixing paint *
https://www.dickblick.com/products/masterson-sta-wet-palette-seal/
● Palette Knife - Plastic or metal
● Painting clothes, apron or shirt to protect clothing.
● I will provide a reference photo we will paint as a class.
Wet Palette Materials:
Plastic container with lid, Parchment paper, Cellulose sponge (*You can make our own Wet Palette by following along with this video, yet yours should be a bit larger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egFxMLawIS4)

Manor Mill will provide water cups, paper towels, pencils & erasers, supplemental brushes & small plastic palettes, some stand up & table top easels. You are also welcome to bring your own easels.

Light snacks and freshly roasted & brewed coffee will be available during your workshop!